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Common Sense is that which judges the things given to it by other senses. Leonardo da Vinci

Sense Other Given Judges Common Senses Which Common Sense Things

Men of lofty genius sometimes accomplish the most when they work least, for their minds are occupied with their ideas and the perfection of their conceptions, to which they afterwards give form. Leonardo da Vinci

Work Genius Sometimes Men Minds Lofty Give Perfection Ideas Most Occupied Least Accomplish Form Which Afterwards

When I was young, I ran to see Astaire and Rogers, Huston, Lubitsch - they were formative for me. I also read 'Flash Gordon' when I was 6, but if I were still reading it when I was 16, I'd have been an imbecile. Lina Wertmuller

Me Reading Young Imbecile Astaire Ran See Also Gordon Read Still Were Been Rogers Flash Formative

Prizes are like butterflies, colorful butterflies that fly away. I don't believe in prizes much. Lina Wertmuller

Fly Believe Colorful Like Prizes Much Away Butterflies

Some feminists have this party-line attitude, and they can be very extremist. The most enlightened characters in my film are women. Lina Wertmuller

Attitude Women Extremist Characters Some Most Feminists Very Film Enlightened

Film is my big problem. I am involved too much. I love too much. I've been trying to resolve it for 35 years now, but for now, I have to keep making them. Lina Wertmuller

Love Problem Too Much Big Resolve Too Involved Making Am Been Years Trying Big Problem Them Much Keep Film Now

I've always been an angel. Sometimes I transform into a witch only because the filmmaking demands it. Lina Wertmuller

Sometimes Angel Only Demands Witch Because Always Been Transform Filmmaking

Globalization is a great thing, but it needs a legal framework in which to blossom. Loretta Napoleoni

Great Needs Legal Framework Great Thing Globalization Blossom Legal Framework Which Thing

Decolonization actually boosted slavery. As foreign powers withdrew from the colonies, people were enslaved by their own countrymen. And we see it in Africa, we see it in Asia. Loretta Napoleoni

People Own Enslaved See Colonies Countrymen Powers Withdrew Foreign Were Foreign Powers Africa Asia Actually Slavery

Europeans are forever the offspring of Machiavelli, trapped in a historical rollercoaster that can bring us a monarchy-toppling French Revolution and then a few years later Napoleon Bonaparte as emperor. Loretta Napoleoni

Revolution Few Trapped Later Machiavelli Emperor French Napoleon French Revolution Years Historical Forever Rollercoaster Offspring Then Us Europeans Bring

Contrary to what many people believe, terrorism is actually a very expensive business. Loretta Napoleoni

Terrorism Business People Believe Very Contrary Expensive Many Actually

I had failed the psychological profiling of a terrorist. The central committee of the Red Brigades had judged me too single-minded and too opinionated to become a good terrorist. Loretta Napoleoni

Good Me Become Too Had Failed Red Judged Opinionated Terrorist Single-Minded Committee Psychological Central Brigade Profiling

I found a correlation between the spreading of democracy after the fall of the Berlin Wall and the rise in slavery. Now, as countries, former Communist countries, became so-called democratic, people started to be enslaved by their own countrymen. Loretta Napoleoni

Democracy People Berlin Wall Fall Own Enslaved Berlin Correlation Rise Between Countries Countrymen Democratic Became Spreading Wall So-Called After Former Communist Found Now Started Slavery

Seventy percent of the fish we eat is black market, fished in violation of international laws. Our ignorance makes us unwilling partners in crime. Rogue economics is turning the global market into our worst nightmare. Loretta Napoleoni

Ignorance Crime Black Economics Market Our Seventy Worst Eat Percent Laws Global Global Market Partners Makes Unwilling Fish Rogue Us Turning International Violation Nightmare

I've always been very interested in political violence. When I finished high school, I did a small dissertation about political violence and fascism in Italy. Loretta Napoleoni

School Political Finished Dissertation High High School About Small Always Been Italy Very Did Interested Fascism Violence

I don't believe in the electric cars, but I strongly believe in hybrids. Luca Cordero di Montezemolo

Car Believe Strongly Hybrid Electric Electric Cars

We at Ferrari are a small, dynamic company, and we show what Italy can do. Luca Cordero di Montezemolo

Small Italy Ferrari Dynamic Show Company

I don't like nouvelle cuisine, too small bits. I like to have a nice wine, nice pasta, tomatoes. Luca Cordero di Montezemolo

Wine Nice Too Bits Small Like Cuisine Pasta Tomatoes

I speak for all Italian industry that India is number one priority for us. Luca Cordero di Montezemolo

Speak India Industry Priority Italian Us Number

I'm a full-of-contradictions kind of guy. Luca Cordero di Montezemolo

Kind Guy

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